Dan Polivy created CB-7667:
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Summary: [Camera] iOS8: Handle case where camera is not authorized
Key: CB-7667
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7667
Project: Apache Cordova
Issue Type: Bug
Components: iOS, Plugin Camera, Plugin Media Capture
Affects Versions: 3.5.0
Environment: iOS 8
Reporter: Dan Polivy
Priority: Minor
In iOS 8, it's possible for the camera to be disabled for any given app; in iOS
7, this was only possible in certain regions (e.g. China).
If the camera is disabled, and someone launches the Camera plugin to capture an
image from the camera, they'll just get the camera UI with a black screen, and
no indication that the camera permission is disabled for the app. A better UX
would be to show the user a prompt indicating that the camera permission is
disabled, and (on iOS 8) providing a button to take them to the Settings app to
change it.
As of iOS 7, there's a new API to test whether the app has access to capture
the desired media type:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVCaptureDevice_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/clm/AVCaptureDevice/authorizationStatusForMediaType:
[AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:mediaType];
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